Thursday, July 20, 2017
Actors Janeane Garofalo, Lili Taylorand Celia Weston come to Broadway with their new show “Marvin’s Room.” The play follows, Lee (Garofalo), a single mother who lives with her tr…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMJaneane Garofalo, Lili Taylor and Celia Weston discuss their performances in the new Broadway show "Marvin's Room." Playwright Dominique Morisseau, and actors Karen Pittman and Namir Smallwo…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMWednesday, July 19, 2017
Award-winning science writer Sam Kean dives deep into the origins of our atmosphere for his latest book, Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us. Kean looks at wh…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMTuesday, July 18, 2017
Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper, Toronto’s acclaimed theater company, joins us to discuss their 10 shows in repertory at the Signature Center. The productions inc…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMFormer FBI special agent Ali Soufan explains how terror organizations grew following Osama bin Laden's death. Soulpepper artistic director Albert Schultz, composer Mike Ross and actress Mi…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMJoshua Green, a senior national correspondent at Bloomberg Businessweek, spent six years interviewing the key players who would go onto shape the results of the 2016 presidential election fo…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMWednesday, July 12, 2017
Joshua Cohenjoins us to discuss his latest novel Moving Kings. It tells the story of Yoav and Uri, 21-year-old veterans of the last Gaza War, who move to New York City and begin working for …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMThursday, July 6, 2017
Tom Sturridge, Olivia Wilde, and Reed Birney talk about their starring roles in the Broadway premiere of the new stage adaptation of George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984.” Christian…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMTom Sturridge, Olivia Wilde and Reed Birney join us to discuss their starring roles the Broadway premiere of the new stage adaptation of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984. Sturridge pl…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMFilmmaker Matthew Heineman joins us to discuss his new film “City of Ghosts” , along with Syrian journalist and activist Abdalaziz Alhamza. Heineman offers an up-close look at the citize…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMChristian Borle joins us to discuss starring as Willy Wonka in the Broadway premiere of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory along with the musical’s songwriters Marc Shaiman …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMWednesday, June 28, 2017
Jim Brochu joins us to discuss his one man show, “Zero Hour,” a play about the life of theater legend Zero Mostel. The play traces Mostel's early days growing up on the Lower East Side a…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMFriday, June 16, 2017
Today is Bloomsday, where people in cities all over the world come together and celebrate the life of James Joyce, and celebrate his masterpiece “Ulysses” by reading portions of the book…
SOURCE: WNYC at 11:12AMDirector Nick Hamm, and actors Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney join us to discuss their new film, “The Journey.” The film re-imagines the real life event that found two men on opposi…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMThursday, June 15, 2017
Filmmaker Nicholas de Pencier joins us, along with Bill Marczak, senior research fellow at Citizen Lab, to discuss his documentary, “Black Code,” which will be shown during the Human Rig…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMTuesday, June 13, 2017
Finn Murphy discusses his book The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road, about his over 30-year career as a long-haul trucker. Murphy has driven more than a million miles arou…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMMonday, June 12, 2017
We've had some great conversations with many of the people behind the 2017 Tony winners. Listen below!
Ben Platt, Steven Levenson on ‘Dear Evan Hansen’
The Secret ‘Oslo’ Peace Tal…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:27PMFriday, June 9, 2017
Director Brett Haley and actor Sam Elliott join us to discuss their new film, "The Hero." Elliott plays Lee Hayden, an aging Western movie star who reevaluates his life, legacy and relati…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMWednesday, June 7, 2017
Director Aisling Walsh joins us to discuss her new film “Maudie,” along with Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke. The movie tells the true story of Maude Lewis, a Nova Scotian artist in the 19…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMTuesday, June 6, 2017
Tony Award nominees, actress Jenn Colella, director Chris Ashley and choreographer Kelly Devine join us to discuss their Broadway play, “Come From Away,” which has received 7 Tony nomina…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMNew Yorker staff writer Margaret Talbot on how residents of West Virginia -- the state with the highest overdose death rate in the country -- are trying to push back against an opioid epi…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMMonday, June 5, 2017
Alan Alda joins us to discuss his book, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating. Alda is fascinated with …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMFriday, June 2, 2017
Minnesota Sen. Al Franken on his life in comedy and politics. Director and producer Barry Sonnenfeld joins us to discuss the second season of his critically acclaimed Netflix series, “A Se…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:27PMThursday, June 1, 2017
Ben Platt joins us to discuss his starring role in the new Tony-nominated musical, “Dear Evan Hansen,” along with Steven Levenson, who wrote the book. It tells the story of Evan Hansen, …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMNew York Times Magazine contributing writer Marcela Valdes and immigrant rights activist Erika Andiola on how Arizona activist groups hope to take their resistance strategies nationwide.�…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMTony winner Cynthia Nixon discusses her starring role in The Manhattan Theatre Club production of “The Little Foxes.” It tells the story of the Regina Giddens and her sister-in-law Bi…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMThursday, May 25, 2017
Actor Bryan Cranston, and director and writer Robin Swicord join us to discuss their new film “Wakefield." Reuters editor-at-large, Harold Evans discusses his latest book, "Do I Make Myse…
SOURCE: WNYC at 01:02PMFriday, May 19, 2017
Filmmaker Steve James joins us to discuss his new documentary “Abacus: Too Small to Jail,” which chronicles the prosecution of a family-owned bank in New York’s Chinatown. He's also b…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMActor Bryan Cranston, and director and writer Robin Swicord join us to discuss their new film “Wakefield." An adaptation of an E.L. Doctorow short story, the movie follows a successful�…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMThursday, May 18, 2017
Actors Kristine Nielsen, Cobie Smulders and Kate Burton join us to discuss their roles in Noël Coward’s “Present Laughter." The play follows a narcissistic actor, Garry Essendine, who…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMTony Award-winning actor Andy Karl joins us to discuss his starring role in “Groundhog Day.” Based on the 1993 film, the musical tells the story of a weatherman who finds himself trapp…
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